The Braves extend the contract of general manager Alex Anthopoulos through the 2031 season.
ATLANTA (AP) — General manager Alex Anthopoulos and the Atlanta Braves have reached a contract extension that will keep Anthopoulos with the six-time NL East winners through the 2031 campaign.
The organization locked up the general manager who managed a World Series championship in 2021 and was in charge of negotiating long-term contracts with other elite players when they announced the deal on Friday.
The Braves hired Anthopoulos during the 2017 season, when the team was reeling from four straight losing campaigns and embroiled in an international signing scandal. Major League Baseball first imposed a lifetime ban on his predecessor, John Coppolella, but that sanction was removed a year ago.
In 2018, Anthopoulos led the Braves to their first division championship run. Atlanta finished the previous season with an enormous league-high 104 wins before losing to Philadelphia in the NL Division Series for the second consecutive year.
The 46-year-old Anthopoulos thanked Braves CEO Terry McGuirk “for his continued support and trust.” “The Braves are an incredible organization to be a part of, and I’m proud of the success we’ve achieved together,” Anthopoulos said in a statement. “I am grateful for the opportunity to continue to lead baseball operations and to strive to bring another World Series to Atlanta.” His previous contract with the Braves was announced in February 2020 and was to have run through the 2024 season. Anthopoulos has constructed a roster that appears set up for the long haul. The core of the team, led by NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr., has been signed to multiyear deals, many considerably favorable to the team.
Anthopoulos was the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays for six seasons and the vice president of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers for two seasons prior to joining the Braves.
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